Busan, Korea 1911: A club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old beauty. The couple have one child, their beloved daughter Sunja. When Sunja falls pregnant by a married yakuza, the family face ruin. But then Isak, a Christian minister, offers her a chance of salvation: a new life in Japan as his wife. Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country in which she has no friends, no home, and whose language she cannot speak, Sunja’s salvation is just the beginning of her story. Through eight decades and four generations, Pachinko is an epic tale of family, identity, love, death and survival.
Min Jin Lee
Min Jin Lee is a Korean-American author known for her bestselling novel "Pachinko," which explores the lives of four generations of a Korean family in Japan. Her writing style is poignant and immersive, delving into themes of identity, family, and resilience. Lee's work has made significant contributions to multicultural literature.
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